Where did I run? (pics)

Last week Wednesday I woke up with a slightly sore throat, but I did my default 3.5 miles in the morning and it was great; however, as the hours passed during the day, the sore throat got worse and I had to leave the office by 2 pm, since I was feeling bad.

The afternoon got worse and by 8 pm, I was having some fever, throat locked in pain, and feeling super cold and hot, i.e., overall feeling far worse than finishing a marathon.

Thursday I went to the doctor and for the third time within less than 12 months, I had a bacterial infection on my throat and had antibiotics prescribed, whose last pill I just had this morning.

But the worse was the recommendation NOT to run while on the antibiotics diet; but since I am a bit stubborn and feeling good, I went to the gym on Wednesday morning and did a nice 30’ progressive run on the treadmill.

My cross training has been going well and I can feel my body getting strong, which is a nice feeling. For instance, when I began the workout, I could barely make 2x15 abs, totally uncoordinated; today I did easily and beautifully 2x25 each… Nice!

So, not much really happening on the running side here, so not much to share you.

But one post I have been promising myself to right to you, is to tell you where in the world I have already a chance to go and run on a business trip. Let’s go alphabetically:

Argentina: no run

At the Perito Moreno Glaciar in Patagonia with a working colleague (January 2008)

Somewhere in Patagonia (January 2008)

Canada: treadmill and on the shores of Lake Ontario in Burlington

Somewhere underground in Saskatchewan with colleagues, Feb/2013

Chile: no running

Visiting Codelco El Teniente, the biggest underground mine in the world (April 2007)

China: Shanghai half-marathon, at the Century Park in Shanghai and treadmill.

Visiting the Forbidden City, Beijing (April 2011) - the old China

A bullet train in China (May 2012) - the new China

Ready for an underground visit in China (April 2011)

France: in a park in Lyon

Mexico: ran in Mexico City downtown, Paseo de La Reforma and treadmill

Peru: Lima, around Miraflores and treadmill

Somewhere in the Peruvian Andes, close to 15000ft altitude (February 2012?)

Poland: no running (too much alcohol!)

South Africa: Durban, 15k and half races in Johannesburg and treadmill

Visiting a low-profile platinum mine in South Africa (August 2010)

Ready for the run, Durban (September 2011)

Sweden: around Luleå downtown

Zambia: no running at all

I have travelled also on 15 other countries in Europe, but mostly I didn’t run, because when I did my big European tour (need to post around it someday&hellip, I wasn’t a runner yet.

Other countries I ran? I ran also in Brazil a few times after my move to Europe, ran in the Canary Islands in Spain, in Turkey, and of course the two marathons in Stockholm Sweden.

My next target: run a marathon in the USA! And hopefully it will happen in 2014!

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